Jewel-setting.



A. SUDEROV.

JEWEL SETTING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1909.

1,007,253. Patented 0ct.31, 1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

ABRAHAM SUDEROV, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

JEWEL-SETTING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM SUDERov, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jewel-Settings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in jewel settings and particularly clusters for such articles as rings, pins, brooches and earrings of various designs and shapes such as round, oval and square, and princess and marquise patterns and horse-shoes.

The method of manufacturing the setting is claimed in my application #536,093 filed January 3rd, 1910. It is customary in high class work to make these settings of platinum and so far as I am aware they have always been made in one piece by filing and cutting from a solid blank. This method of manufacture takes a great deal of time, wastes large quantities of material, is expensive and often results in more or less inaccurate work. It has also been proposed to form settings from two or more parts in which the upper part is soldered inside of the outer edge of the side portion and then filing and cutting away the metal to form the crimps. This method is also expensive and the soldered joints are left visible at the top around the jewel openings. I have found that better results along these lines may be obtained by making up a setting out of two special parts stamped from sheet metal by suitable dies and soldered together at the sides. For convenience in description I will term one part the base and the other part the cap.

The accompanying single sheet of drawings illustrates the adaptation of my invention to four different designs of settings.

Figure l, is a plan view of a round cluster setting embodying my invention. Fig. 2, is a bottom view of the same. Fig. 3, is a bottom view of the cap portion. Fig. 4, is a plan view of the base portion. Fig. 5, is a cross section of the cap portion. Fig. 6, is a cross section of the base portion. Fig. 7, is a cross section of the finished setting. Fig. 8, is a plan view of an oval cluster. Fig. 9, is a view of a horse-shoe pin. Fig. 10, is a view of an oval cluster such as is used for finger rings.

The base portion has a body 1 and the cap portion has a body 2. A series of supports such as 3, 3 projecting upwardly from the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 14, 1909.

Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

Serial No. 496,006.

body 1 are spaced so as to register accurately with the arms 4, 4 of the cap portion. The supports and arms are preferably notched as shown. The parts are stamped or out from strips or sheet-s of metal in suitable designs. Alternating with the supports 3, 3 are the upwardly projecting fingers such as 5, 5 which when the parts are assembled come midway between the arms 4, 4 of the cap portion. The height of the supports 3, 3 is such as to bring the upper surface of the cap 2 when in place at substantially the same level as the tips of the fingers 5, 5. A pocket or recess 6 is thus formed between each finger 5 and the two adjacent arms 4, 4. Jewels are set in these pockets. A central pocket or recess such as 7 is provided in this design for another jewel. When the base and the cap portions are completed the bottom of the arms 4, 4, are secured to the tops of the supports 3, 3, by a suitable platinum solder and the setting is then finished.

In Fig. 8 I have shown a series of peripheral jewel-receiving pockets such as 8, an oval central pocket such as 9 and a series of intermediate recesses or pockets such as 10.

In Fig. 9 the design is that of a horse-shoe and the base member 11 is secured to the cap member 12 in the same manner as before described.

In Fig. 10 the base 13 and cap 14 are formed and secured together as described above but with a series of peripheral recesses such as 15 and a row of interior recesses such By this method of manufacture great accuracy in the shape, size and arrangement of the recesses is secured. The metal punched out can be more easily recovered than where the recesses are formed by filing. The finished article is therefore not only more uniform and symmetrical but it is produced at a much lower cost than is possible in the old method. The soldered joints being at the sides of the setting are practically invisible and can be more readily cleaned than if around the jewels at the top.

The method of manufacture I do not claim herein but reserve for another application.

What I claim is 1. A jewel setting comprising a platinum base member having upwardly projecting spaced supports and upwardly projecting fingers located between the supports and projecting above the same and a platinum cap member having spaced arms projecting laterally between the fingers of the base member and on top of and soldered to the upper ends of the supports, the seams between the spaced arms and their supports being below the cap member and concealed when the setting is viewed from above and the tops of the upwardly projecting fingers being substantially in the plane of the top of the cap member.

2. A jewel setting comprising a base memher having upwardly projecting spaced supports notched exteriorly and upwardly proj ecting fingers located between the supports and projecting above the same and a cap member having spaced arms projecting laterally between the fingers of the base memher and notched at the ends to correspond with the notches of the supports and extending over and soldered to the tops of the supports, said fingers and supports being integral with the body portion of the base member and said arms being integral with the body portion of the cap member, the seams between the spaced arms and their supports being below the cap member and concealed when the setting is viewed from above and the tops of the upwardly projecting fingers being substantially in the plane of the top of the cap member.

ABRAHAM SUD-EROV.

Witnesses:

R. S. ALLYN, MARoUs M. SCHENK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

